An entertaining history of measurement measures, or How tall is Thumbelina

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From ancient times to the 1875th century, the same unit of measurement could have different meanings not only in different countries, but also in different cities of the same country! So, in Austria in the XNUMXth century, almost every city and even every significant market had its own measures. In Germany, attempts to streamline the system of measures began in the early Middle Ages, but did not lead to anything until the end of the XNUMXth century. In France in the XIV century, an attempt to introduce the same measures throughout the state failed due to the resistance of the sovereign princes and bishops. Neither Louis XI in the XNUMXth century, nor Louis XVI at the end of the XNUMXth century were also able to bring measures to uniformity ... Only in XNUMX in Paris was finally signed an international agreement - the "metric convention" to ensure international unity of measurements and improve the metric system of measures.
Sometimes, when reading books or articles on the Internet, we come across incomprehensible units of measurement from different countries and times. The inquisitive immediately have questions: The pirate drank a pint of beer - how much is it in liters? Thumbelina got her name from the word "inch", so how tall was this fabulous baby? Bigfoot - Bigfoot was named for the huge size of the foot, but what is it, a simple foot? How is a nautical mile different from a land mile? How much is this - an oblique fathom in the shoulders? How does it differ from the flywheel fathom? Eating a pood of salt is how much? And a bunch of other questions about measures of measurement that you will find answers to in this book.

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